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sing succour at hand, took courage, and defended themselves the goletta came up, and put thussano's gun-boat between em. The other, seeing there was no chance, fled, and Baeaano is taken prisoner, after losing ten men, and baying fwe wounded. me count:tender of the goletta put him into irons, and brought m into Prevema, where be banged all his crew. Bassano` was ten before Giocatore Pacha, who received him very courteously, dered his chains to be taken off, and complimented him. on his urage. The Pacha had known him in the:time of Ali Nile, d knew that be was a man of talent and a good soldier, fle,told ma that hit life 'Willi in no thitiger, and that he would assign him ;ood house as a prison, - until he could receive orders from Arta. maim was conduettalto . a house, cohere he was guarded by only ro soldiers. At the expiration of a fortuighti orders came. from Reechid 'chit to conduct him to Arta. fieschid it*eived hirn'ivith great sped ; be knew that 'lessen° could furnish him with plans for: attack upon! Missolonghi. Bassano's. inclinations were con int on the side of freedom, bat he thought that, probably, if he Dk service under the:Tarks, he might still be able to be of come • to the Greeks, by giving false intelligence. The Pachas imme • ately consulted hiM, and in a short time he became their princi confident, mid inspected their artillery, which was to he rue Dyed in the, siege of lifissiolonglii, THE MONTHLY REVIEW nce it passed' into the bands of Mr. Charles Knight, Witt' 'gradually increasing in ability, and we pe, 'also ckculation. The. bill of tare for this mtb, in particularly is highly acceptable, with the caption that too much space has, perhaps been devoted the Recollections of that Silly old driveller, , le Review of Notes and Reflections made during A ramble Germany—a most admirable publication, whether, we ik to the spirit, fidelity, or poetical eloquence of its descrip7 , us—is just such a review as the book deserves to possess. Din the notice of Irby's and Mangle's Travels, , ' we re the following extract, as it goes a great way to de !elate the general opinion that the ruins of Palmyra are :omparably the finest in the world. This Eastern city ) waver, will be remembered tO,lateat posterity, if not by ruins, at least by the eloquence of Gibbon ; who has shrilled Zambia, Odenathusoind their palaces, in that nple which he has built up to everlasting fame, his Roman History." " There was not a single shaft, pediment, architrave, portal, rze, or any architectural remnant worthy of adniii ation. None the columns exceeded in diameter four feet, or in heighty tbrty t ; diolensions but ill ealculated to give an idea of the sublime, least, according to Longinus. Those of the boasted avenue had le more than thirty feet of altitude; the epistylium is in no Ul na orrunnented with any,,earved • work, enepting.now and then ill-executed enrolee. , The platea:otWisod and llawkino are tainly well executed, but they have done but too.much justice the originals ;—and although the designs ,are. generally correct the work of Wood and Dawkins, we found that the execution the sculpture is far inferior t r what might have . heett expected In the engravings. The three arches at the end of the avenue rest the Temple of the Sun, so beautiful in the designs, are ex dye!), insignificant ; the decorated frieze thereof, although alsome in the plates, is very badly wrought; and in this ice, even the devices are not striking ; they are not to he coin ed to the common portals of Thebes, although the Egyptians .e unacquainted with the arch. Every thing is here built of 'try perishable stone ; if it deserves the name of marble, it is y inferior even to that of Baalbee."-- . -pp. 269, 269. THE INSPECTOR t very , promising little periodical, full of fun and frolic, lance and sentiment, and all for eighteenpence ! We II give an extract, entitled " The Bridge, to-morrow. LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE Ines forward this Month, with its usual claims to atten 1, i n a very amusing and miscellaneous set of articles. are especially, delighted to find that the common place ih, presuming to entitle itself, rr Criticism on Cotem ary Writers of Fiction," has been done away with. It ald disgrace the intellect of a boarding-school girl. HE REPOSITORY OF ARTS AND LITERATURE 'assesses some excellent engravings, which, with its rat.) , contents, deserve a good circulation; we recom ul them to our Readers' notice. FEMALE FASHIONS IzOlt, DECEMBER. ( From La Bell* Assemblee.) VALIcm„ tlitcss.—A pelisse of grog de Naples, the lor of the rersian May, ..4a, us me t, and of the skirt in front, with ornamental foliage, em sed, of the same material, representing trefoil, depend from stems formed of mama. The pelisse fastens ie down the skirt, with springs ,concealed under a full reau. The body fits close to the shape, and is girt ad the waist with a gold buckle. The slaves are of a lerate fulness, with double manchero»s, of a vety simple I, shaped in scalops ; the wrists are adorned by brace of hair, with a red cornelian,clasp set in gold. A qua de ruff of Urling's lace encircles the throat, and the ;se is trimmed round the border with light grey fur of American squirrel. This border is very broad, and a rof the stone is worn with the dress. The bonnet : is of k velvet, lined with the red of the pomegranate rind, is trimmed With black velvet, and satin of shaded ..nv and pomegranate red. The shoes are black kid, the gloves of fine doe leather, lined with squirrel skin. VENING DRI4B.—A dress, of Japtmese , rote-colour, er of gros de Naples satin, or gauze, with a, very .d festoon flounce of white blond. Over this flounce it embroidery of foliage in branches, and beautifully ,d in black floize Silk. The, body made slightly en r; the Sleeves of White ludic, short and full, and trim next the elbow with blond set on full. 0) 1 , 1 ' these res, at the shoulder, commence mane/terms, which ap. like a divided short sleeVe, as they descend nearly us as the blond frill round the arm; and the division dis- Ts the sleeVe'ef Idle underneath. These manelierons ttimmed round with narrow blond, but they are of the e colour and materiel as the dress. Alalling ornament cry broad blond ttaTounds the bust. * The hair is ar. ed in very large curls, and ornamented with full blown mese roses. The jewellery ornaments consist of a lace of pearls, in festoons, with a Greek patriarch's s, formed of large pearls and rubies; below that is a • gold chain; and the ear-pendantt are of wrought gold. b race l e ts, of white and gold enamel, are fastened by ti • broach, set in gold. ~ 'From Achermann's Repositoiy of Arts, Fashions, &c.) ORNING DRESS.—Dreis of plain green ducape; the tge full, and ornamented round the bust with three of deep vandykes of the same material us the dress, ed by a satin rouleau of the same colour; a gigot sleeve conot - muslin with four bands of green ducape, aqui tit round the lower part of the arm, and confined at wrist with a gold clasp. The skirt has three deep ices, composed of triangular pieces of ducape, with a on ea(th ; SS they extend partly one over the other, form a very neat and pretty trimming; each row is head y an indentedimbricated satin roulean. Tucker of tulle, rn at top; cap of tulle ; border of scollopped blond lace iged in the form of two 'crescents, crossing in front, continued extremely full in zig-zags on the sides. A and of leaves is placed 'above surrounding the crown, h is full, and ornamented with scollopped blond lace. rings and necklace of embossed gold ; yellow gloves shoes. VENLNU DRESL—Crimson velvet dress.; the corsage plain and rather high, being half a tinger' s l engt h on shoulder; seven folded bands of velvet are placed per icularly, and form a stomacher reaching below th e t, the centre band forming the point, the others gtu .. y shortening, and the outer band on each side exte nd iver the shoulders, and ornamenting the back. The es are short and slashed, admitting very fnll puflings rhite satin ; broad velvet band row►d the arm. The er of the skirt is composed of two rows of a Gothic .rn, of white crepe those, very, full, and edged with a vd satin. Crimson satin sash beneath the stomacher, tied behind in short bows with long ends. The hair large torts, and the head-dress composed of blond, ved en serpentani, end ar tificial dowers. The neck of gold, with pendant ornaments of different coloured NI; bracelets and ear-rings en suite; Cashmere shawl, e Uid gloves, Mid white *gin shoes. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held for the die. patch of important public business. Mr. Deputy ROUTH moved, that the thanks of the Court should be given to the late" Lord Mayor, for the manner iu which he had performed the duties of his Mayoralty. Ot.nxam seconded the motion. • All. S. DIXON praised his Lordship for his speedy attention to the complaints and. applications of his Fellow-citizens for relief, and his regular performance of the Magisterial duties. The vote of thanks was then put, and carried unanimously [for the terms see Advertisement.] • The Rill for increasing the number of Representatives in the Ward of Cripplegate Without, wag brought up to be read a third time. Mr. COPE, as an Amendment,. moved, that it should be read a third time on the Ist of.lanuary. Mr. STEPHENS said, he tl usted that the Col►rt would not now allow the measure to be defeated, or even delayed. Mr. SAVAGE* said, thatafter the Court had, by a large majo rity on the former occasion, virtually given the privileges, he hoped they Would now get rid of the measure.. - After some further discussion, the amended motion was nega tived by a considerable majority, and the bill was read a third time and passed. THE CITY FRANCHISES. Mr. COPY; AA Chairman of the Committee of General Purposes, brought- up a Report on the subject of the Petition of the Inhabi tants of the Ward of Cripplegate Without, for a restoration of the ancient Franchises of the Freemen of London. The Petition set forth that the Freemen, inhabitants of the City, were entitled to vote for the Representatives in' Parliament tin• the City of London. This right had been molt sacredly con firmed to them by IS 'Zino; in between 'SO and 40 different Charters, all of which 'they conceived had been unalterably fixed by the ',Statute of William and Mary, cap, 8. The Petitioners were convinced that these charters had been At:tined by purchase, by conquest, or by valnabla services ; and that, therefore, they (the citizens) were as much the lawful inheritors of the rights as any possessors. of freehold-• property, either by purchase or by in heritance. • The Committee now reported, that in their opinion it wet it expedient to . comply with the prayer of the Petition. Mr. ft. TAYLOR. oppoted the Report, nn the ground, that Ore no reason% for the recommendation it made to the Court. Mr. VAVELL expressed his opinion in favour of the principle of the Petition, and said, he hoped that a general revision of the City FrauOgee would shortly he considered. He moved, that the Report should lie on the table. Mr. 01.ratAst was decidedly of opinion, that something should he done to obtain the explanation or amendment of the Statute of the Ilth of (eo. I. respecting the right of Franchise in the City. Mr. I)ixorc said, he knew no one so well qualified as the Gen tleman who het spoke to take upon himself the task of bringing forward these important measures, if he were again returned to this Court, of which event there could be little doubt. Mr. D. then proceeded to express his conviction of the necessity of revising laws respecting the right of franchise,. the confusion and uncer tainty of which had been li•arfnlly increased by a recent decision, which he could not help characterising as absurd. He alluded to it decision oft ne Lord Mayor, in the election of an Alderman for 'N'intry Ward, by which it was decided that persons who did not sleep on their premises were not entitled to vote as inhabitant householders in the Ward. fly this decision, four or more part nets might carry on business in a Ward ► pay rates, &c. ; and yet, if they did not sleep on the premises, they were not entitled to vote. Who ever before contemplated that persons should sleep on the premises in order to entitle them to their franchises? Mr. OLouAm, in favour of this doctrine, cited the opinion of their late Pleader, Mr. Norton, who, in an excellent work upon the subject, said it was not to he contended that a person who spent the active part of the day in the City, - should be disfranchi sed. because he went for his health to spend the residue of the 'night out of the City.—(l•fear.) Mr. Dlxow said, that upon this novel and extraordinary doc trine, those • who took a nap in the City in the afternoon, might be qualified as Voters, whilst those who waited until night, to take it elsewhere, were not. • The Loan MAvon said, that the Counsel on both sides, on the occasion alluded to, agreed that all persons must sleep on their premises, either by themselves or their servants, to entitle them to vote. Mr. DIxoN was not inclined to accept as law the argument of those Learned Gentlemen, in opposition to the common sense of the case, and the opinion of the Chief Justice. The Loan slAyoa declared, that little reliance was to be placed on the Newspaper reports of argued cases. He had had the au thorized report of the case cited by Mr. Dixon in his own hand, and he could state positively, that sleeping on the premiftes, by themselves or servants, was expressly stated Asa qualification. T „ a toy int! dictum to be the qualification of an Elector, what would they coma to —(Laughter) ? A lung diiicustion ensued, in which Mr. Routh, Mr. Stevens, and Mr. Ledger, spoke in favour of a revision of the Laws, re specting the City Frtinehives : and the Report was ultimately or dered to lie on the Table. THE CITY FINANCES', Mr. FAVELL brought 'up the Report ;el& City Finance Committee, on the state of the City Revenue. The ordinary iN come of the City was now 114,922/. , The expenditure was 118,006/. The excess of expenditure above the income was therefore 8,173/.—(llear !)—From the statements of the casual in come above the expenditure, it appeared that during the last five years, there was an excess of expenditure to the amount of 62,291/. beyond the receipts. They attributed this excess of ex penditure to extraordinary payments, to the amount of upwards of 107,100/. The present embarrassments of the Corporation were chiefly occasioned by such items as the following:— The New Debtors' Prison. £9,304 15 10 The New Post Office - • 17,352 0 0 Improving the Navigation of the Thames 15,000 0 0 Making the New Courts of Justice at Guildhall-13,800 0 0 Gifts in Charity and Rewards 6,967 6 0 Opening Yantlet Crick Improvement of Fleet,;market - 9,895 0 0 Old Bailey New Court • • - 4,600 0 0 Buying the right of alienating places. in the Lord Mayor's, Household 6,463 10 6 Total ..C84,612 I I 4 Mr. Pavel' stated that some of the expenditure here mentioned would not be entirely unproductive to the Corporation, but they were i►► such an alarming state as required an immediate retrench ment of their, expenditure. lie therefore proposed, that, to keep a contralti over it, no motion for any extraordinary expenditure should be brould before the Court, until it had been first sub mited to the Finance Committee, that they might report as to whether the funds were available, or whether such expenditure was expedient. 11r. OLDHAM seconded the motion. A long debate ensued, in which it was avowed that .the Cor poration was on the brink of bankruptcy. Mr. Dsxorr, at a late hour in , the afternoon, moved that the debate should be adjourned ; and the motion being carried, the Court adjourned accordingly. QUICK TRAVELLING I—At a late meeting of the Brighton Mechanics' Institution, the lecturer having remarked, that it would take 520,000 years for a cannon ball to reach the nearest fixed star, if shot from the guns of the battery ; one of the parish beadles who was present, struck with astonishment, ex claimed, " Lord, Tom, when shall I get to heaven ?"—Brightun Gazette. DANGER OF EATING MUSHROOMS.—A few days ago (according to this veracious son of Esculapius), the Sub-L►eutenant of the Custom House of Anzat (Ariege), a man about 30 years old, imprudently devoured a quantity of mushrooms which he hail gathered from the mountains. A very few hours after, he was seized with a swimming in his head ; his ideas be came confused, and a sort of frenzied joy seemed to possess him. Immediately afterwards his whole frame shook violently ; his eyes were fixed, and his countenance denoted the most vacant stupidity. The unfortunate roan imagined that he had been suddenly transported to some ►most beautiful country, and continually cried out---" Oh I what a charming landscape!" in a few hours, however, the scene seemed -us change, and as he appeared to be fast verging towards that " bourn, from whence no traveller returns,' a clergyman was sent for to administer spiritual consolation. Upon the first ap pearance of the clergyman, the sufferer assumed the most penitent aspect, and prayed with the greatest fervour. lie then suddenly started up, anti Writing into tears, cried out with a voice of thunder, " Th e D ev il h as got hold of sue !" which he repeated several times. He now seemed in a litate of perfect phrenzy, and his conduct became so violent that it was found necessary to apply a strait-waistcoat, though his strength seemed so great that it required eight men to secure him. Whenever any one approached he called in the most fervent manner to God that be would pro tect him from the Satanic agents that were coming to destroy him, and who wanted to convey him to hell. This access of de lirium lasted about three hours, when it gradually became calm, and reason rapidly resumed her wonted empire.-21forniny Paper. • PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. CORN TRADE. Extract from the Order of the Cabinet of his Majesty the King of Prussia, dated 12th September, 1801. . . (Appendix No. 40. of the Report on the State of Agriculture in 1821.) TO THE AtINISTIER OF STATE, BARON VON SelitiOETTElt. With respect to taking off the new Doti' on Wheat, I do . not sec that the country can suffer from its continuance to the end of this year, as the shipments of the present calendar year cannot con tinue much longer ; the thrashing out a the wheat will not be finished before the end of the current year, and therefore the supply - to the seaport towns eau only beg►n within the month of January next year. • It is the fault of the merchant himself if be has encumbered himself With a larger stock than he could send to England bethre the Ist of October, as he is 'sure Jof a good price to that time; and the new measures of the English Gnve►►►,i►ent for reducing the bounty, having occasioned an unnatural ri se i n the pricey o f the best wheats, will make up to him in price what he would other- Wise have received in bounty. Under these c i rcums t ances , I con sider it so much the more advisable to postpone the taking off the duty on wheat till the month of December,- as we shall then be able to _judge with more certainty whether the report of an un usually abundant wheat harvest in England is founded or not, and regulate our measures accordingly. Should the prices in England continue to that time between bOa. and 60s. per quarter, the duty shall then be taken off, and shall only be continued in full if they rise again till 80s. or 90s. ; should they in this 'period rise spine thing less than this last-mentiOned prime, the duty can be modified accordingly. (Signed) FREDERIC!! WILHELM. (COPY.) INFORMATION received by the Lords of the CoMmittee of Privy Council for Trade, from Mr. Claude Scott, relative to the CuAßOrs and Fastowc of CoaN, to and. from differeht.Coun tries, or carried Coastwise to and from the several Porta of this Kingdom.—(First ordered to he printed, 7th April, 1791, and ordered, by the House of Commons, to he re-printed, 28th November, 1826.) LONDON TO HOLLAND. The Medium Charges per Quarter of } Not including Commission each sort of Corn, from s. d. 10 per Cent. on the amount Wheat, Beans, Pease, Rye 1 6 of the Freight in li e u of Port Parley LONDON TO FDA THE CHANDEL. s. d. s. d. Wheat, Beans, Pease, Rye 3 oto b oin the Bay. Bailey 2 9to 8 6 and 10 per cent, ' YARMOUTH ANTI SUFFOLK TO HOLJAHIL d. Wheat, Beans, Peasie, and Rye 1 6 Barley Malt (lung) ' 1 0 YAICOOLITH ANI, SUFFOLIt TO FRANCS. 9. tl. Wheat, Ste. in the Channel 2 S in the Bay • 9 3 and lOper cent in the Channel ......... 2 0 in the Bay Barley, LYNN, &C. TO s. d. Wheat, Beans, Pease and Rye Batley Malt LYNN, &C. TO FRANCY. 9. d. Wheat, &c. in the Channel ... S 6 in the Bay ... 3 0 and l 0 per cent. Barley in the Channel 4 3 in the Bay N.B. Of late, years there has been scarce any Corn shipped from the Essex Ports direct to Foreign Parts; but the Freight is nearly the same as from London, from whence the Essex Corn is chiefly exported. YARMOUTH TO LONDON. I. d. E 3, 1z . si,),, E Wheat, Beans, Pease, and Rye 1 3 to. ' t '•2l Barley 1 2 ,4' :?. ,- E Malt and Oats 1 1 --gir.pue .. a...- 4 LYNN, &C. TO LONDON. 4L' ti' ? $. d. 1 '..-- . 9 .13: - -t ' 4 Wheat, Beans, Pease, and Bye .. 1 9 g .11 -9 "a g P 9 Barley 1 6 .e; t o cls -..i.... 3 2 Oats and Malt 1 4 a: l4 :1 °,;,. -5 1 fUrEOLK AND ESSEN TO LONDON. Generally la. per quarter upon all Hard Grain, and I Id. per quarter on Malt and Oata.—No Prirnage or Port Chargea. rt... .146. ...Twit): COAST Ob TNI.ILAND PO Ts.. ww.wricww, AS 'FAR Asl M. (I. *heat, Beans, Pease, and Rye Barley 4 0 and 1 0 per cent Oats and Malt 2 6 FROM BRISTOL Ttl 4or.wAr FIRTH. e. d. Wheat, Beane, Peale, and Rye 3 3 Barley 9 0 and 10 per cent. Oat, 2 6 FROM IRILAND TO BRISTOL. a. d. a. d.. Wheat, Beans, Pease,, and Rye Burley and Oats ' PROM LIMERICK TO LIVERPOOL. s. d. Wheat, &e... . 2 10 Barley and Oats Wheat, &e. 2 8 Barley and Oats .. . 2 8 Kinsale, Dungarvon Cork - s. d. • Waterford Wheat, &c. Portferry Barley and Oats Drogheda Youghall No Primage from Ireland, except 6d. per tou from Drogheda. FROM LONDON TO PORTUGAL, 5. a. Wheat, Beans, Pease, and Rye .8 , 0 /by the Traders. Barley From most other Ports of England % 4 0 upon Hard Grain. to Portugal / 8 6 upon Barley. and 10 per cent. FROM ENGLAND TO SPAIN d. Hard Grain 4 0 and 10 Barley 6 } per rent. N.B. The Freight from London to Spain is generally higher than to Portugal, because there is' no dependance upon back freight. The Charges per Quarter id London, On shipping Corn, vary ac cording to circumstances; but at an Average they may be reckoned, on Wheat, Pease, B eans an d Rye 9 Barley and Oats • Commission O. The Charges on shipping Corn at the Out Ports are, for the most part, low er t h an the London Charges by about excepting the charge o f C omm i ssion, which is Is. per Quarter in some places, and 2 p er cent. in others; but the general mode of shipping Corn et the Out-Ports is by Contract, at fixed prices, free on board. The Charges of landing Corn in London, and carrying the same to Warehouse!, at a reasonable distance, art, on Wheat and Rye 9d. per yr. These are the Extra Charges when Beans and Pease 61d. Proprietors of Corn incur which Barley instead 6d. they laud ad of selling it Oats bd. from the Ship. N.B. Charges on landing Corn at the Out-Ports are, for the most part, id. lower. Peace Insurance, from and to molt of the 'places specified, is generally lto l per cent. - . N.B. The Freights to Whitehaven are much the same'as to Liverpool ; and to Chester and Lancaster something higher. (Signed) CLAUDE SCOTT. last, at a quarter before five in the . veltitig, GAS-LAMPS POll one of Mr. Brether the Regulat or , started from the Talbot Inn , W ater- CA RRI Ati Es .—On Wednesday s w tr n t:e s t, e" lig c lt e et by means of portable gas, This is the first carriage wh i c h h as appeared in Liverpool with a gas apparatus. The gas i s con tained in a reservoir or cylinder (of tin, we believe), which is placed snugly under the front top s ea t, behind the coachman's b o x., and also occupies a part of the boot, and it is conducted to two lamps of the usual form with jets or burners. The light was bright and ideally, but the pressure on the reservoir did not a ppear sufficient to prevent the flame from partly collapsing, The receiver will, we learn, contain thirty feet of gas, which will h orn Air fourteen or sixteen hours, and it can in a few moments be replaced, by changing the empty vessel for a full one of the same dimensioni, at the Portable Gas Company's Office, Manchester, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, Nov. 20. Lords MONTAGU and CURZON took the oaths and their seats. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a peti tion against any further concessions in favour of the Roman :Ca tholicg, from the Nayor, Slieriffs, and Common Councilmen of the City of Dublin. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented his Ma jesty's answer to the address meved by the Earl of Lauderdale yesterday, which stated that ids Majesty would give orders ac.: cortlingiy. Lord KING had more petitions to present to their Lordships against the ,Corn Laws. He believed that if they were to search from the beginning of time to find what was the greatest fully, and the act which picqueed the greatest waste of human la bour, they would find none that could equal the Corn Laws. If he were asked which was the most signal instance of folly, the building a palace at Pimlico, a pyramid at Memphis, or even a pyramid at Pimlico, or the Corr( Laws, be should say the last was the most marked instance, for he could show that the Corn Laws produced the greatest waste of labour ever witnessed. We were condemned to earn our bread with"the sweat of our brow, and to eat it in sorrow and pain, and this Corn Law system was a fulfil , . tient of the original curse with a vengeance. He hoped this coun try would never be satisfied till it got rid of all the vexatious part pf these lasts, and placed them -on the same footing as to free trade (for he wished all trade to he free) as any others. Until this was one, he hoped that no class of men would at any time sutler the question to be at rest. He then presented a petition from the in corporated trades of Arbroath.—Adjourned; IrOUSg OF COMMONS, ThumpAy. Mr: MARSHALL presented several Petitions from places in Yorkshire, praying for a repeal of the Corn Laws. On the motion of Mr. NVODEHOUSE, it was ordered that there be laid upon the table of the House an account, showing the increase in the amount of the poor-rates between the years commencing in 1816, to the year 1825, inclusive. The Hon. T. LIDDELL presented a Petition from the Coroners of the county of Northu►nberland, praying for an in crease of fees. Mr: BELL, in a speech which was very indistinctly heard iii the gallery, was understood to support the prayer of the Petitioners. Mr. 'WARBURTON spoke also in favour of the Petition, but took occasion to observe that he could not see either the justice or propriety of Coroners' Courts being closed to the Odic, while other courts of law were open. CORN LAWS. The Hon. Colonel LYGON presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Kidderminster, praying for a repeal of the Corn Laws. • Mr. 'HUME presented a Petition, signed by 13,000 seamen of North Shields, in the county of Northumber land, praying for a repeal of the Corn Laws.—Brought up, and ordered to be printed. A PetitiOn was presented, complaining of an undue return for the town of Dover. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. ' Lord ALTHORP gave notice; that it was his intention, on an early day after the next meeting of Parliament, to submit three motions to the coUsideration of the House. The first to propose that a Committee should he appointed, to whom every election petition should, in the first instance, be referred ; the second to regulate the mode of polling at county elections ; and the third that persons employed by candidates at elections should not be allowed to vote. On the motion of Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, a variety of Returns were ordered of the number of pounds weight of Snuff, Tobacco, and Cigars, on which duty had been paid from the 10th of October, 1825, to the 10th of October, 1826. DEBTORS. Mr. HUME said, that he moved last Session for a Return of the number of persons confined for debt in England, and seeing the Right Hon. the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department in the House, he wished to know if that Re turn had as yet been made out. Mr. DAWSON said, that every possible diligence had been used to comply with the desire of the Hon. Gentleman ; but it was necessary to consult 500 persons to make out the Returns. Mr. D. W. HARVEY had intended to submit a 'motion for a Return of the number of prisoner: confined under Crown prosecutions, and be conceived that if his motion were in cluded in that of the Hon. Member for Montrose, it would save mud, time and trouble. Mr. , DAWSON said, that it would take at least six mouths to make out the united Returns. ARMY HALF-PAY. Mr. HUME ventured to call the attention of the House to a-eubject relating to what he considered a deviation from the public service. It would be recollected that, in 1817, the half-pay was separated from the general accounts of the'current expenditure. It then amounted to 2,800,000/., and he (Mr. Hunie) would shew, that it was now greater than at that period. He would take, as his foundation, an abstract of the return laid upon the table of the House. His Majesty's Ministers had taken credit upon that occasion for having reduced the expenditure of the country within the lowest possible limits. In order to prove, however, that they had not, he had moved, in the last Parliament, for Returns, and he would state the result. He would not then go back to 1817, but oply_to the period when the loan was raised by Ministers, to provide for that part of the dead weight relating to the army, which amounted to 2,900,0001. The Minister bad said, that it was not to be expected, after twenty years' war, that the country could be without a great half pay list; but that it was confidently expected, from the measure proposed, that there would be a diminution of expenditure to the amount of 115,000/. per annum. The Honourable Gentle man then desired the house to see how it was at present ; and after stating the various amounts for the intervening period, said, that, in the fOurth year after that arrangement, the amount was 13,000/. per annum more then in 1822: and that if Ministers were upheld in not making the proper reductions, he could not an ticipate relief for the country. He would ask, if the Finance Com mittee of 1815, and the Second Report of that of 1819, had not anticipated, that, after a period of two years, the half-pa and the full pay would experience a gradual reducti on o f f rom 4 i to 5 per cent. per annum ? However, the amount in 1817 was 647,000/. while, in 1822, it was 765,0001. although the Finance Committee had expressed their opinion, that it was to be reduced 5 per cent. If the House would folldiv up the amounts respectively, they would find, that, at the present time, in, place of a decrease, tire charge was increased more than 100,0001. per annum over 1817. He would then allude to Chelsea Hospital, the charges for which had increased from 940,0004, in 1817, to 1,270,000/. at pre sent. He thought that this increase of pensions must have pro ceeded from an extraordinary desire of putting persons off the half-pay list, because they might not he sightly to look at. Whether half-pay was to he regarded as a reward for past or for future services, it was never known, nor thought, that it could be made a permanent charge upon the country, beyond the life intermit of the party who enjoyed it. Up to 1825 that had con tinued to be the rule, but in, 1825 a general order, of the date of the 25th April, or 22d May, was issued from the War-office, by which all officers could sell their half-pay, whose ages did not ex ceed sixty years, pravided they had bought their commissions, or had been twelve years in the service. What was the consequence ? Four Lieutenant-Colonels and five Majors had sold out, after forty years service in the army, and out of the number of Captains there were eleven who had served forty-five years, and others who were longer : and all those commissions had been sold to young men. Thus, by this novel order of the Horse Guards, the country would be charged for 20, 30, or 40 years half-pay. The annual average of promotions exceeded 600, yet any gentle man who thoupt proper to investigate the subject, that very few, in d ee d, of th ose w e r e con f erre d upon officers taker!, to 4,393, diminution might, not from amongst those on half-pay. In 1822, the number of offic making a total o f 11,280. I n 1826, a on half-pay amoun t e d t o 6,887, th ose on full-pay, would find unreasonably, be expected yet. so far from that turning out to be the case, an i ncrease h a d ac t ua lly t a ken place. increase During the last seven years, there had been an in • the aggregate number of officers of 219. The Hon. Gent. then went througti a variety of cares where parti e s bpd been permitted to sel l their half- pay to persons . retirement of forty as t had previously likely to enjoy it for quite as many Y"" Amon i g o st b o aa the be rs, he men been to Cunningiuun'ij fo t r forty-five tione( H i l n o t t l , i t t e h t t e w !a p e se n os t o se y f:G: o e e n ne o r f al thq sel lieutenant, a captain, and a major, all e P afi m v o ye r more. eta. rs Major:t one Anodise Claveringofficer 'ee a ra f w t ri t 'sa , 3 r s : ali fortyiek soldafter ltyioe y itilo e : a ae r atil s f9toe t :l l did tiro u same. n h Major t- Mac was iain ensign,h ever served ; he was on half-pay since in one year. "e the year 1798, yet he half- lacy. allowed to sell his half pay. In making these observatimoo, he thought it but justice to say, that in making these promotions, there had been no und ue p re f erence s h een to tire friends of ;he Hon. Members at either side. He complained i too of the r egulations relating to the sale of Brevet ra n k s , an d the I permission granted of purchasing actual regimental rank,itlenle iliately above the Brevet rank previously held by the purchaser.— He then moved for returns of all the officers who had been per mitted to sell their full-pay, half-pay, and Brevet commissions, since the last return in March ; also a return of the money paid and received for the same, distinguishing thPse on full from those on half-pay, specifying the names of the Regiments; stating when the parties were first commissioned, and when placetl'upon half pay ; also stating those who have been transferred from the half to the full-pay establishment ; together with the number and names of those who had purchased on the half and full-pay, when they had obtained their commissions, and their length of service at home and abroad. The returns to be brought down to the 31st of,March inclusive. Also a return 'of officers holding a Brevet rank. higher than their regimental rank. . Lord PALMERSTON said, that in replying to what had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman, he must beg leave to remind the House of the circurastances which had led to the re gulations of which they had just heard such heavy complaints. When we had been so deeply involved in a war on so large a scale, and our army had been so very extensive in all its branches, it became absolutely necessary that we should- have a very large and expensive half-pay establishment. Our half-pay had been made only proportionate to the former extent of the military set vice. Now the half-pay establishnient being onee fixed, he SW but two ways by which it could be diminished. The one was by', the deaths of those who were on the half-pay list ; and the other 1 1 was by removing them into active service, or putting them on full pay. He begged the Hon. Gentleman to reflect, that the half , pay list was, to a great extent, filled by persons not altogether eligible to be put upon full pay. Many half-pay officers were by no means desirous ofrestiming active service. They were, on the con trary, much averse to it from family mei nomerous other circum stances. Many were not fit to be put upon full pay; and they were, in the fullest sense of the word, a dead weight upon the public. —One object of this regulation had been, to enable individuals, under certain circumstances, to sell or dispose of their annuity, or half pay, in order that half-pay might be taken by persons efficient and capable of being put upon the full-pay list. This was the ~ very case put by the Honourable Member for Aberdeen ; and, a 0 • far from this regplatitm being acted upon improperly, it had fully accomplished one of the advantages which it was intended to pro- , duce. The Honourable Gentleman had complained; that persona :. of family had been able to purchase promotion more rapidly than they would have been able to obtain it under a system of regular routine. He did not dispute the fact ; but so far from cousider binegnetfihti.s a He t n nt e a v li i y l, I t r a w er as ed convinced that th p a r t in i c t i was substantially . which sen th e i array . Unless sofar p ersons Honourable Gentleman had founded his olsse p r l v e at o ion n able country he thought it desirable to connect the highest classes of in military rank more speedily than by seniority, they would not society enter et y the w i th oni ns tl o li f s t s h ys is in the army, it was liked and approved of by the officers a t large. He would maintain that the promotions made y the Royal Duke at the head of the army were impartial. The Honourable Gentleman had maintained, that the Com mander-is-Chief ought to be compelled to fill up E"lgn tdemescription advanced cies in regiments from the half-pay list. If such a regu lation w th o e uld llo s n oo . country perbarm Ensigns themselves would consider it a most grievous puniehnient to be compelled to resign`their half pay, and to enter upon full service. The Half-pay O ffi cers had retired upon certain prin ciples, tacitly acknowledged, and which could not be violated either with justice or with benefit to the public. What o ffi cer would thank you to bring hiM back from half to full pay, it, at the same time, you told him, that whatever were his merits-- however eminent his services—or whatever might be the coo tingencies of the regiment—it was utterly impossible for him t° rise in rank, until all the Half-pay List had been drained and exhausted? The other regulations to which the Honourable Gentleman objected, stood precisely on the same principle. The House must understand the difference between Brevet and o regimental rank, to comprehend the proposition of the Hon. Gel' soon Gentlemanfinits army was tnl he tb be awMamimirendstt:beiyt, jewnt ffi ghaseeti,lenntitilbaspiftfni.ripetleauere; tlemaa. In the first place, officers rose more rapidly by brevet than by regimental rank. 11e did not know whether the Hoot: generally understood that a great many Officers held brevet rank higher than their regimental rank, and to those it was inconve nient to do duty with their regiments. It bad therefore bee,' . ! deemed adviseable to propose that such officers should go on h alf pay on an unattachable commission, one step higher than that o f the commission whtch they had held in their regiment, and t hey were moreover allowed to dispose of their half-pays The lie u. Member should be reminded that since last March, no less 1. . utra for old than 44,230/. had been paid to the public on this accou n t for commissions. The seller of the commission received the J price, and the difference was paid to the Pul di , e '„ ni d to th e Mr. CALCRAFT said, that g em ula o t n i n o t n ei p i r m ice 2s fr , o 2 i s n 9 tl L ie purchaser , who w m l e io king pai 6 d 2 : oo he o t: . ‘e r v y b u i l s atli l • use of the public service. out top ic analogous to the subject of debate, upon 14" heat of one his opinion to the House. Ile alluded to thepra ctice n their efforts mending O ffi cers imposing expenses on the country l A. to the el. to produce a finer appearance in their regimente. assertion t•at gentle- , ercise of atronage in the army, and to the his unhappy men who p ook that side in politics which it had that patronage, lot to take were made very unequal partakers o f to the very lull's ! '" he could bear the most unequivocal testimony • &ministered the tial manner in which his Royal Highness had a patronage of the army. he belie% , ed Sir RONALD FERGUSSON said , de dep artment there was sd to offer that no public o ffi cer had ever been placed in high with more who had administered its duties more impartially and itt integrity than his .Royal Highness. Sir C. COLE said, that it had been his lot often to point out to the Admiralty the cases of Naval Officers , whoyr be sole claims upon the country were their public services. wit could assure the House that such individuals b ad always met h their rewards, whenever a substantial case of merit could be made out in their favour. General GASCOYNE said, that an instance had fallen und er hi s k n o w l e dge of a juuior officer of a regim ent being of the ag e o f sixty-one. To fill up the full-pay Comin ieli°9ll)} f r half-pay Officers were insufficient. Hal p ay Officers from the half-pay, would be impossible ; the number of economy,. it was a question of utility. The pr'esent eult. ti"! ,, of which the Hon. Member for Aberdeen complained, w" not It question highly beneficial to the army. Uyon the SPEAKER putting the question, vations upon what had fallen from the Gallant Mr. HUME said he would make but a few obser-. just addr esie d the House. That Gallant Of fi cer had encleavourea to show that one of his (Mr. Ilume's) notions was absurd, rela tive to appointments of junior o ffi cers from half-paY to fu r tr, ' a ' ' by stating that he had personally known an instance d au ....'' l l . . of forty years' service, and whoa . ' age was sixty-Due. Thii i o do e 0, ample, unfortunately for the Gallant Of fi cer, did not in k val e fur. w hich o t but, on the contrary , it corr h ted the vita' 0 0111 General who ha d Gs Hume)iernhecar d a.i ta FG lce ,oA n it o s f ßc ih Eo e s s y ub Ne jee xEp t. re e sse xpl d ainet ost sincere w i s h that the promotion which bad - been given t o the army sho"id as speedily and as effectually as possible be extended to the navy' understood to An Honourable MEMBER, who was un be a naval officer, observed, that he bad always found the Atir",6id ralty most ready to attend to every case which was recommeou. _ for and deserved pon. The motion was then romoti agreed to, as were the following Ratnit* moved for by the same Honourable Member : " A Return of all Officers who have purchaeed the said Co li r long n im i they u, first Commissions in the Army as Ensign or Cornet ; they purchased any and how many of their Commissione, wer e "o Foreign Service, and how long—as far at the same can be cum- Foreign with, since the Returns to this House, dated the 91st 0 March, 1526." have A Return of all Officers holding Brevet Rank, who been allowed, under the General Order of the 25th of API"' 1827, to retire upon unattached Commissions, or half-PaY, ° selPerveedifYiinngeatchheißar unakn:es, and when ad their and whether they ever on • the effective rank above what they held regimentally meti ng their names and rank, when they obtained their first Comm'r., siert al Ensign or Cornet, and in what corps ; and when s' lowed to retire ; whether they purchased any, and how manY of their Commissions, and how. long they served in each rank. ; and whether since retiring on half - pay they have been I° or, brought on the strength of the Army, and in what regiment corps." Fuil‘-paAcyc4antindt Half-payof the 5031Omnenylisirleived fro he under the 2tl of May, 182 5 , and the 25 th of A p ril, 1826 ; and the war in which the same has been or is to be a pp ro p riated." MR. BROADEN. The SPEAKER having called upon Sir H. Par nen to proceed with the motion of whi ch he had given noti ce re lative to the quantity of Foreign Goods imported, &C. &c' --The Hon. Bart. was about to address the House , when ttn the Generalsaie oOfler t d Orders of Mr. BROGDEN begged to - b e allowed to ofrer few observations. A charge had been held out a gainst him, au he had expressed his most anxious wish that the 'Worthy OW R rni thi IL ii I( hie the but (H Alc tl requi %troy Ti I), frebh ti,i, w 11 41 inn., tri p i L A 1 %41 kink (144, yr) 14 2